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Furniture Makeovers

French Poem Dresser

I’m so sorry, girls. I have totally gotten lazy about taking “after” shots of my furniture. I have to haul it up from the basement, move the furniture around in my house, gather props, stage the photo, take the pictures and then put everything back. It’s very time consuming and I have to have good light and an extra person on hand to move the furniture. Well, after today, I think I’m going to start going through that trouble again. I finished two dressers last week and I have lousy pictures of both. So, be prepared to be underwhelmed. Despite the poor photography, I really love this dresser. It was painted in glossy green and gray oil based paint. I took this picture after the paint from the top was removed. Mini Mustard Seed painted it in ASCP’s Cream, which is sort of a very pale yellow. Once it was dry, I

September 12, 2011 82 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

Thanks so much to everyone who has asked about our safety. We are in the middle of all of the flooded areas and our schools were closed today, but we’re not seeing anything that bad in our immediate area. It was much worse in the spring…and we had about 8″ of standing water in our basement that time. Please keep the families in the Susquehanna Valley in your prayers. They are the ones who have been hit hard. Closed schools definitely threw a kink in my day. We ended up hiring a babysitter, so we could head out to deliver some new pieces to my space at Lucketts. I actually ran into a reader there, which is always fun. She hiked all the way up to the third floor just to see my space. So sweet! One last thing, if you notice some strange things happening with my website or

September 8, 2011 16 Comments

my home – before & after

I am tired today. It’s a pretty rare thing for me. I’m always tired at the end of the day, but I woke up grouchy and I’ve been tired all day. I didn’t even want to go out to yard sales this morning. I spent the day hanging out with my family, cleaning my house and chipping away a little bit more at my office/craft room purging project. Since I don’t really have anything new to share and I’m too tired to write an involved post about anything, I decided to share some before and after pictures of my house. If you’re new to my blog, you may not have seen these and if you’ve been around for a long time, I’m sure you’re the sort who appreciates a good before and after (even a regurgitated one.) Not all of the angles are the same, but you’ll get an idea

September 3, 2011 74 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

As I type, my brain is fried. Is it possible to write a blog post with only 1/4 of your brain functioning? Well, we’ll see how coherent this one is. My mushy mind managed to spot some great, family oriented spaces and pieces of furniture from last week. Here they are… My dear friend Kelli from Restore Interiors set up this super sweet kid’s table. Our brains (when mine was fully functional) were on the same wavelength this week and I did a similar setup for an HGTV.com photo shoot. My favorite part of hers? The big bows on the back of the chairs. So cute! Dixie Delights shares her amazing basement transformation in this post. It is bright, fun, cheery, sophisticated, chic AND family friendly all at the same time. I just love it! Well done! And lastly, Amy from Blissful Blooms found these vintage wooden kid’s chairs and

September 1, 2011 14 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – excuses, a favorite & a link party

I am full of excuses tonight. I started off the day with a snuggle with my youngest…very early. Too early. Then, I worked on a photo shoot, made breakfast, packed for the day (you have to do that with little ones) and headed off to the gym for some weight lifting. Straight from the gym, I dropped off my boys for a day of swimming and playing with their babysitter and I went off to Lucketts. I fluffed my space, shopped and snapped some pictures of other rooms to share with you. I then met with Yasmin and Nadia of Wuslu.com for a yummy Italian dinner in Frederick, MD. I can’t wait to share some of the things we’re cooking up together. They are very inspiring and all around awesome ladies. So, with that full day, I didn’t get home until later in the evening, unloaded my car, spent some

August 25, 2011 19 Comments

Greek Blue

I love testing out new colors…escpecially blues. So, last week I cracked open a can of ASCP (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint) Greek Blue. Now, let me warn you. The color is shocking when you first put it on. It looks like electric blue. You have to talk to yourself while you’re using it and say, “Miss Mustard Seed warned me this would look like electric blue, but all will be well once it dries and is waxed.” Ok? Let me tell you…this color is a stunner. I love it. I’ve had this very old dresser in my basement for months. It needed a lot of work and I kept putting off. I finally worked on it…reattached the top, added new feet, fixed the drawers, cleaned it out, etc. I am a bad blogger and didn’t snap a before picture, but I’m sure you can imagine it. It was that orangish

August 23, 2011 66 Comments

the washed buffet

Those of you with sharp eyes may have noticed the buffet behind the dining table in yesterday’s post. It’s had a pretty amazing makeover. This piece is also confirmation that I married the right man. As a youth pastor, my husband helps a lot of people move and every once in a while he gets first crack at some furniture someone wants to sell or get rid of. He came home one day after a move and said, “Oh. These people were getting rid of a piece of furniture and I thought you might want it. It’s OK. It’s not as bad as some of the pieces you bring home.” Ha! So, I went outside to check it out, certain he had picked up some 1970’s monstrosity with obnoxious hardware and a shape I just couldn’t work with. I was so surprised to see this… …a lovely antique buffet. A little

August 21, 2011 61 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & a Link Party

Well, here we are again. Another Thursday night going into Friday. Another party to show off the most awesome furniture in the blog world. You are all so resourceful, creative and inspiring. Can’t wait to see all of the links. Here are some of my favorites from last week… Hue-ol-ogy shared this really simple table brought to life with a stunning color combination. ASCP Antibes Green with Paris Grey. Very cool (and I love the name of that blog.) I absolutely love this pair of chairs (only one is shown obviously.) I’m just a sucker for caned furniture and these are beauties! Mrs. Hipp from The Hipp Life shares her failures and successes while recovering the seat cushion. If you ever get sick of these chairs, call me. Deborah from The Fisherman’s Cottage shares her airy and bright freestanding kitchen. It is put together so well…I love,

August 18, 2011 21 Comments

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